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Hey all,
We want to let you know that Let's Gab will be taking a break. We're all fine, but with everything going on in our lives, it seems like the appropriate time for us to take a break from something, and Let's Gab is it.
Anne is busy working on polishing up several manuscripts, and Kate is busy working on her first manuscript and taking care of the cutest baby in the world.
Having said all that, you'll still see JenniferB and Lori over at I Just Finished Reading... and we'll tweak the format there a little. You'll likely see some non-review-type posts over there going forward, but we'll keep most of the focus on books.
And, as always, Lori will continue posting about her family's escapades at Living in the House of Testosterone.
Thanks - it's been a blast!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Later days, folks... we're saying bye for now
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Library Loot
I saw this over at Christine's, and thought this would be great! It's awesome when you can check stuff out from the library (waving at Wendy!). Unfortunately, my library stinks. Even my county library. All these were requested through California ILL with the exception of Outlander. I still have a bunch on request. Hopefully the new Karen Rose will come SOON.
LIBRARY LOOT is a weekly blog event co-hosted by Marg of Reading Adventures and Eva of A Striped Armchair. Library Loot encourages readers to share what they've checked out from the library that week. If you want to participate, simply make your Library Loot post on your blog any day of the week and leave the link to your post through the Mr. Linky link at either Marg's or Eva's blogs.
Hot Pursuit. Yup. My lib didn't have it. Had to request it. Go figure.
Malice. I'm a Lisa Jackson ho. But I still won't buy hardcover. BTW, she has 2 releases out right now. The other one is Chosen to Die, the followup to Left to Die. I did buy that and have already read it. Boy, do I love me some Lisa Jackson.
I may be one of the few people in the world who hasn't read this yet. So I figured, why not?
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
The Book Gods are Smiling Down on Me
I feel so fortunate. In the past couple weeks, I've won several books. So a big thank you to all, and I may be spreading the love soon :)
and just today...
Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare on the Plotmonkeys!
Woohoo!! I loved the first book, Goddess of the Hunt, and cannot wait to read the second one.
Thank you to all these wonderful women, who not only write fantastic books, but also hold all these wonderful contests! You make it so easy for us book-buying fiends to stay devoted, and willing to always go out there to pimp this one and to buy the next one.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Because I just can't help myself
You know if there's a hotbutton issue in blogland, I keep my mouth shut. If there's a hotbutton issue affecting our country? I just can't help myself.
Yes, I'm going there. Health Care Reform. I'm sorry people. Obama campaigned on it. We elected him in a landslide on it. He made no secret about his intentions. And now, all of a sudden, everyone acts so freakin' surprised that he wants to enact universal health care coverage? Which simply means that every single freakin' American would have the benefit of health care insurance.
Instead of opposing political parties and insurance lobbies gathering their cronies to create havoc and sound bites, I'd personally love to hear what this plan entails. That way I could make an intelligent and informed decision as to my opinion. I know that in the last 2 years, our deductible has tripled, both individual and family. I know that we're fortunate to still have insurance. But I also know that it's the main sticking point every year in the union negotiations between the teacher's union and the school district. I'm interested. Unfortunately, every evening, I'm forced to endure watching the bad news, and seeing, once again, how Americans can make themselves look like asses in front of the rest of the world.
For all those people who are so concerned that universal health care coverage will mean rationing of health care, and insurance company big-wigs deciding who will live and who will die, and not being able to pick your doctor, and granny not being allowed to get her medicine or not getting her surgery, or dad getting kicked out of the hospital before he's well... I have news for you. We already have that health care system. It's called the HMO.
Would all the people who are raising a riot on the news every night deny HMO coverage to all the people in our country who currently have nothing? Just perhaps, we could shut our mouths and open our ears and listen for a change. Listen to the proposals and use our brains and then decide for ourselves. Clinton was unable to do it. Bush had no interest in it. I'd really like to see Obama make some real progress. I don't believe that moving toward a government run health care system is necessarily bad. Most other countries in the world manage it. I don't necesarily believe that it will bring the level of care in our country down, or that all the amazing research that goes on here will suddenly stop, or that all our innovative physicians will suddenly disappear.
I'd like to believe that as Americans, we can do something better. Smarter. But people, we have to shut up and listen first. Having the right to our own free speech does not deprive our neighbors of their right to free speech. Sometimes I think that the Bill of Rights should have included the Right to Listen. Lord knows we'd get a whole lot more accomplished. Including a Health Care bill.
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Labels: I just can't help it, Politics
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Book Giveaway
Because I think this is such an amazing book, and it's one that is totally outside our usual genre, I'm giving away a copy of Rage Against the Meshugenah. I reviewed it on I Just Finished Reading earlier in the week.
For anyone who is affected by clinical depression either personally, or secondhand, or even thirdhand, I can't recommend this book enough. It's a masterful first-person insight into how the male mind thinks, feels, and works. It's entertaining and witty. Sad and heartrending as well. You don't have to have any experience with depression in order to enjoy this book. Danny Evans is a terrific author, and this book first and foremost entertains. I encourage you to read the review, and read the book. Spread your reading wings.
Simply leave a comment on this post, or on the review itself between now and next Monday, August 17 at 11:59 pm PST.
Please note that this is only open to US and Canada. Sorry.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
You're killing me here, Samhain...
Really, why do they have to keep putting out books that sound so damn good? I spend way too much money there. Every damn week.
Boys of Summer by Cooper Davis
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Gay-Lesbian Romance
Length: Novella
Price: 3.50 Get it Now for 3.15
Cover art by Natalie Winters
I thought I knew what love was...
My name is Hunter Willis and I've found love. The problem? I'm not sure I'm ready for the rest of the world to know I've fallen for my best friend. Everyone knows Max is gay. Me? They think I'm straight as an arrow. So did I, until Max and I shared a kiss three months ago that blew that theory right out of the water.
Now, by the ocean in Florida, thousands of miles away from prying eyes, I'm finally ready to admit to myself that Max and I have something special. Max has been ready for a long timeand he's been waiting for me. Really waiting. As in...he's still a virgin.
There's nothing I want more than to be Max's first lover. But I know when Max gives away that part of himself, it won't be just a summer fling. It'll be for keeps. Max deserves the best. I'm just not sure, when it comes right down to it, that I won't break his heart.
Did I mention I'm scared as hell?
Warning: This title features summer lovin' between two hot men, a secret romance between best friends--one of whom doesn't think he's actually gay, and enough heat to set any beach vacation on fire. Be sure to keep the extinguisher handy!
Bridging the Gap by Annmarie McKenna
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Red Hots!
Length: Novella
Price: 3.50 Get it Now for 3.15
Cover art by Angela Waters
The higher she climbs, the harder he falls...
Carter Malone is usually the first one to make tracks before a woman starts getting any ideas. Permanent relationships don't fit into his personal blueprint. Now, for the first time in his life, he's burning up the sheets with a woman who makes him think about something more permanent...like spending the night. But she's holding something back, something he can't quite pin down.
As a woman in a man's world, Ryan Cooper is used to wearing a target on her back--and hiding her vulnerabilities. She hasn't let anything, not even the ever-present threat of an epileptic seizure, stop her from working her butt off to get the foreman's job with her stepfather's construction company. Then she discovers the guy she's been dating--okay, having the hottest sex of her life with--is the architect who designed the building she'll be overseeing. The last thing she needs is anyone thinking she slept with Carter to get the job.
Or worse, feeling sorry for her.
Before the dust clears, things get a lot more complicated. The previous foreman's injury was no accident, and whoever caused it is taking aim--at the target on Ryan's back.
Warning: This book contains almost fully clothed sex with a little bit o' spanking on an OCD-clean desk inside a construction trailer, a rogue set of pencils that just won't take stay for an answer, and sweet loving in a tub.
Love Me Knots by Dee Tenorio
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Red Hots!
Length: Category
Price: 4.50 Get it Now for 4.05
Cover art by Scott Carpenter
Nothing twists you up quite like love...
When she interrupts what looks like a tryst in her fiancé's office, former heiress Krista James has only one thought: "It's over!" True, they both signed a marriage contract that didn't include a love clause. But she'll be damned if she gives the two-timer the satisfaction of knowing she gave up her heart along with her hand.
How to say goodbye to a man who makes her forget her own name in bed, and all her principles everywhere else? Simple. Run.
CPA-on-the-rise David Ellison thinks everything is perfect. Perfectly planned, perfectly ordered, perfectly moving forward. Until he arrives late--again--for a lunch date. Suddenly he has a broken engagement, a guilty receptionist and a missing fiancée.
Tracking her down is easy. She's traded their honeymoon tickets for a luxury holiday for one. Reasoning with her? Impossible. Especially since they always seem to end up in bed, in the shower, on the floor...everywhere but at an understanding.
David didn't follow his woman all the way to Tahiti to return home empty-handed. To get her back, he's even prepared to empty his heart of all his secrets.
Question is...is he prepared for hers?
Warning: Emotionally repressed, sexually gifted accountant on the loose in Tahiti, intent on seducing his lady back into his life and completely redefining the phrase "awesome lei". Mai Tais and fresh ice recommended to counter the extreme sexual heat.
Harley Street by Lynne Connolly
Genre: Historical Romance
Length: Novel
Price: 5.50
Cover art by Natalie Winters
Mystery, murder, and an old menace. It's enough to damage the strongest love.
Richard and Rose, Book 4
Lord and Lady Strang return from their adventure-filled honeymoon, more than ready to settle into married life. After a few weeks living in his parents' Piccadilly mansion, Richard and Rose are restless for their own home, a space where they can work out the pattern of their new life together.
House-hunting will have to wait. A maid in the household of Rose's aunt has been murdered, an act that forces Richard to reveal a dark secret from his past. Despite the desperate passion they share, marriage requires disclosure--something at which Richard has never excelled.
In light of his revelation, Rose must find the strength to delve deep into the bedrock of their relationship while simultaneously facing the height of London society. As they work to unravel the clues that lead to a murderer, an old enemy launches an attack on their already fragile hearts...
This book was previously published.
Warning: This series is addictive. Danger, excitement and hot, hot sex might give you ideas. But you'll have to find your own man.
What are you reading?
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Sunday, August 02, 2009
What a night...
Apologies for the long, boring story that follows, but I've had a lot of email and a lot of concerned friends. Thank you so much - your concern for me touches me and makes me feel very loved. I'm fortunate to have such good friends! So I thought I'd just do a post here to let you all know I'm not about to die.
If you've been following my saga at all either here or over at Facebook, you know that I've had a migraine for a solid week. Bad. It started to get a little better mid-week, then worse toward the end of the week. Yesterday, it was so bad that I seriously considered I was going to have a stroke, or had an aneurysm, or some other terrible diagnosis. I take medication twice a day prophylactically, as well as having meds on hand for acute flareups. Nothing was helping, and the amount of Advil I was taking on top of it all was going to tear my stomach to shreds.
So about 5 pm, Bob decided enough was enough, and off to the ER we went.
Well, the first thing that happened was, it was Saturday evening in the ER. Not the quietest place to be. In the waiting room was a spanish-speaking family there with about 20 members of their immediate and extended family. Including every whiny, obnoxious child they could drum up. Thankfully, I was seen fairly quickly. Only to be placed on a gurney in the hallway - they were full. Normally, I can roll with the punches, and I wouldn't care. But with a migraine from hell, every single noise and light was amplified. All the crying, screaming, and the radio transmissions (and there were a lot last night considering my sleepy little town) seemed to make everything worse. So much so that I started crying (no help for the headache at all!) and asked Bob to take me home and let me have my stroke in peace, LOL. Drama queen much?
I got a nice young fresh-faced doctor who immediately gave me morphine (which I absolutely HATE!) along with an anti-nausea medication. It didn't touch the pain, but did give me loads of nausea along with a pretty decent buzz. I floated along above my body noting that the poor girl there had a really awful headache. That buzz lasted about an hour, at which point she gave me dilaudid - even stronger than morphine. And a sublibgual anti-nausea med. Both of which served to make me even more woozy, and more nauseous. But didn't touch my headache.
I finally realized that Bob keeps earplugs in the car, so asked him to go get them. While he was gone, some guy started freaking out. I didn't open my eyes, but heard a lot of "f" words and mother"f" words. Needless to say, they didn't allow Bob back into the patient area for a good long time. But I finally got my earplugs which helped a little.
FINALLY, around midnight, enough folks either got sent home or admitted that I got moved into a real room, where they could close the door and turn off the lights. But the damn nurse kept lowering the head of the bed to make me more comfortable, when all it did was make me puke. Duh - get a clue. I kept asking her to leave it up, too. Oy!
Anyway, finally the doctor says she's run out of narcotics to try - to which I say good! I didn't want them in the first place - I had told her I don't react well to them. So she decides to give me some heavy duty steroids. Now, as an asthmatic and a former respiratory therapist, me likey the steroids. Great, I say. In goes the IV, and along with the steroids goes some Reglan, another heavy-duty anti-nausea med. Finally, a little relief. I once again say to the doctor that it's so unusual for me to have a migraine of this length and maybe something else is going on? So she shuffles her feet and says... in a big Aha! moment... I'm going to order a CT scan! Great, now we're getting somewhere. And the headache is finally starting to get a little better with the steroids on board.
30 minutes after the CT, mystery solved. I had a migraine on top of a massive sinus infection, and they were feeding off one another. So I couldn't get rid of the migraine because I have a sinus infection feeding it. But I don't have any of my usual sinus infection symptoms, which was really weird. So anyway, after getting home at 3AM, (and how happy am I that we can leave the kids home), I am now on antibiotics.
And she still forced a narcotic prescription on me in case I had some more severe pain over the next couple days. LOL. I didn't fill that one. Sure, narcotics have their place - after major surgery, or for people with a low pain tolerance, or for those with debilitating illness. But I don't care for the way they make me feel. No thank you.
Anyway, end of story, and g-d willing, end of headache. Hopefully between the drugs and the glasses, I'll be as good as new in a week or so. Thank you again for your thoughts and emails over the last week. You are awesome!
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Happy birthday to the Man to Die For!
Just want to wish the Man to Die For a fantastic birthday. Sure, he's saddled with an old, bifocal wearing, wrinkly woman for a wife, but he's still waaaay older than me. By a good 9 1/2 weeks (hey, no WONDER we love that movie so much!).
So, happy birthday, my sweet.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
When did she get to be so old???
Ho-lee crap! I've been suffering from a migraine since Saturday, so have been absent from bloglandia for the most part. I decided it was high time I checked in with my ophthalmologist. It's been a couple years since I had my eyes examined, and I noticed that my eyes have deteriorated in the last year or so. Both distance and *gasp* closeup.
History lesson: In 2000, I had Lasik surgery. Twice. Because my vision and astigmatism were both so bad, I needed two surgeries to correct it. I'd worn glasses since I was 7, contacts since 11. My vision was so bad that Bob and his roommate in the dorms used to take my glasses and I'd yell "Where are my glasses, damn it?!" And they'd be right there on his face. Assholes.
Anyway, bottom line is, when I got Lasik surgery, and woke up the next morning and could see the clock, it was like a miracle. The Heavens opened up and I saw the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Heavenly harp-like music played. Seriously. Un. Be. Lievable.
So it's been almost 10 years. They told me my eyes might deteriorate, but they'd deteriorate from 20/20. Fair enough. I got 10 years out of my surgery. Given how expensive my glasses and contacts were, plus the boost to my self-esteem, the 2 surgeries more than paid for themselves. They also told me that when I turned 40, I'd need to go out and buy reading glasses. I've cheated them out of 3 years. Woohoo! What I didn't expect was that after 10 years, both the deterioration in my distance vision and my close-up vision would hit at once, and I'd be looking at... bifocals. *cue horror movie music*
Ho-lee CRAP! That is serious old age territory. My grandparents wore bifocals. Hell, my mother wears bifocals. Damn it - I'm too young for this!!!
Thank heavens that they now have progressive lenses. I don't have to have that horrid line in my glasses that screams out to everyone... OLD LADY GLASSES!!
All I can say is, this damn well better help with the headaches.
So... what's new with you?
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Labels: Life, Pffft, WTF Moments
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Looking for recs...
As you can see from the sidebar, my TBR pile is currently non-existent.
I need recommendations of books you loved. I'm looking mostly for contemporary, as that's the genre I'm currently writing so I'd like to stay in that frame of mind. But if there's something you're just dying to talk about outside of contemporary, I'm open. :-)
So gush away!
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Labels: Reading, Recommendations
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Death of a TRUE Legend
When Michael Jackson passed away early this month, many hailed it as the death of a legend. I wrote a post questioning this status. And many people, I know, were angry at those of us who had the audacity to question the label of "legend" for a 50 year old who spent the last 15 years of his life battling drug addiction, and an image (true or not) as a pedophile and a "freak." While nobody doubts his contributions to the music scene, both in the early days of Motown with The Jackson 5, and in the early 80s, with Thriller, I believe the attention given to his death (and memorial service) was, frankly, obscene. We don't give this kind of attention to presidents when they die. Reagan certainly didn't receive this kind of attention, day in and day out. And he was a real legend.
Nor will the man who passed away today, Walter Cronkite, receive that kind of attention (nor might I add, would he likely want it). Dubbed the "Most Trusted Man in America," he was the man that the country turned to when Kennedy was assassinated, when we landed on the moon, when we went to war in Vietnam, when the Nuremburg Trials started, when the hostages were taken in Iran. When we needed news, reassurance, or just a familiar face to deliver the news, he was there. What man today could end a president's career simply by giving his opinion of a war? When Cronkite said that we were mired in a stalemate in Vietnam, Johnson knew that he couldn't win the war, and announced that he wouldn't run for re-election. Because if he'd lost Cronkite, he'd lost middle America.
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
I grew up in the late 60s, and all through the 70s watching the CBS nightly news with Walter Cronkite with my parents every night. As did almost every other household in America who owned a TV and watched a TV. He was a TRUE legend, and will be missed. And that's the way it is.
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Labels: Remembering
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Not-at-RWA post
Do you feel the absence of all those who are currently in Washington, DC at the RWA National Conference? I certainly do! I got my Google Reader down to zero today. ZERO. It's unheard of. There are the die-hards who are still posting and tweeting from the conference (thanks for all the updates!!), there's a noticeable lack of posts. And although I'm still undecided in my decision to join RWA (feedback, positive or negative, still appreciated), I would still have loved to attend some workshops, chill with some authors, and possibly chat up some agents and editors. I hope everyone there is having a great time! :-)
I did hear that Romance Divas is having a giant bash for those who weren't able to go, so head on over there if you're lonely at home like me!
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No need to post sympathy or anything, but just thought I'd say...
shittiest day ever.
And then it was so shitty, I forgot to call and wish my sister a happy birthday, which means I'm in the doghouse tomorrow, too. Ugh. Making tomorrow...
the second shittiest day ever.
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- Home
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Records Bureau
The City of Wayne Police Department's Records Bureau is staffed by three clerks who are responsible for maintaining the accuracy, integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information pertaining to the police department. Their duties include processing all police reports, data entry, maintaining fingerprint records, freedom of information requests, local record checks, and gun registration. The Records Bureau can be contacted by calling the police department's main telephone number at 734-721-1414 during their listed business hours.
All fees must be paid in cash only. No credit cards or checks are accepted.
Service | Cost | Description |
Police Reports | $3 for the first page and $1 per | Copies of police reports are available at the Records Bureau. Certain police reports may not be available due to case status. Contact the Records Bureau for case status and report availability. |
Accident Reports | $18 per report | Accident reports are available online by visiting the CLEMIS website. If you do not have internet access, accident reports are available at the Records Bureau. |
Record Check | $5 per record check | Record checks are available to Wayne residents only. This is a local background check only, not complete criminal history. |
Fingerprints | N/A | If you need to be fingerprinted for employment purposes, contact Michigan Works toll-free at 866-226-2952. The new Michigan Works facility is located at 35731 West Michigan Avenue Wayne, MI. |
Freedom of Information Requests | Costs apply. | Forms are available at the records window during business hours and also online |
Discovery Requests | Additional cost for video and photographs | Attorneys must complete the discovery form and submit it to the Records Bureau. Discovery requests take ten to fifteen business days to process. |
Purchase Permits for Handguns | No Cost | Purchase permits for handguns are available to Wayne residents with proper identification. Applications must be filled out at the Records Bureau to begin the process. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older. |
Ryan Strong
Physical Address
33701 E Michigan Avenue
Wayne, MI 48184
Phone: 734-721-1414Fax: 734-721-5760Emergency Phone: 9-1-1

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CASH retracts cheese salt claim after admitting 'error'
The correction follows the publication of a study by CASH, which found that many of the UK's most popular cheese products "were unnecessarily high in salt."
On the back of the study, which involved the analysis of 772 UK supermarket-available cheese products, CASH called on the UK Department of Health to set lower salt content targets for cheese manufacturers.
In a press release accompanying its findings, CASH labelled cheese as the "third biggest contributor of salt in the diet, after bread and bacon."
The UK Dairy Council disputed the statement - citing the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, which found that cheese contributes only 4% of the UK's salt intake.
CASH has since held its hands up and admitted its "error."
Healthy balanced diet
"A previous version of this release contained the following statement in error 'cheese is the 3rd biggest contributor of salt in the diet, after bread and bacon'. This is incorrect and we apologise. Cheese provides 4% of the salt in the UK diet and our recommendation remains that cheese should be eaten in moderation as part of a healthy balanced diet," said the statement.
UK Dairy Council director, Dr Judith Bryans, has welcomed CASH's apology and the withdrawal of the statement.
"We have been informed that CASH has issued an apology for an inaccurate reference to cheese being the third biggest contributor to salt in the diet in its cheese survey results press release. They have since removed this reference from their release," said Bryans.
"The British dairy industry takes its responsibilities with regard to nutrition and food safety very seriously indeed. It makes cheese that contains many valuable nutrients and is an important part of a healthy diet. Cheese has been one of the staples of the British diets for centuries and many people will see this report as another attempt to undermine one of the nation's favourites," she added.
Cheese manufacturer targets
Cheddar – the country's favourite cheese – was found to contain an average of 0.52g of salt per 30g portion – more salt than a packet of crisps. Other cheese products were found to contain more salt than seawater.
French blue cheese Roquefort was identified as the saltiest cheese in the survey, containing 3.43g of salt per 100g portion.
On the back of the study, CASH chairman Graham MacGregor called on the UK Department of Health to "stop dragging its heels" and set a new, lower salt content target for cheese manufacturers.
Despite its "error", CASH has maintained its call to the UK Department of Health.


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The keeper of the water's source
- Published: October 14, 2010
Like the air we breathe, the water we drink is of vital importance to our health, yet its origins beyond the tap are somewhat mysterious. Down at the southern end of the village nestled among the foliage on Jacoby Road, Village Water Plant Operator Ted Dunevant quietly goes about the business of maintaining the quality of the public water supply. He has done so effectively for 25 years this January, and for his dedicated service he was recognized last month by the American Water Works Association.
The Village itself also received recognition last month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 50 years of fluoridating its drinking water and for maintaining a correct and consistent level during the past 12 months, all of which is part of Dunevant's job at the water plant, according to Water and Wastewater Superintendent Joe Bates. Bates, who came to the Village decades after Dunevant, supervises the operation, but Dunevant has been so steadfast and meticulous in his job that Bates has been able to focus on the major renovation to bring the wastewater treatment plant on Grinnell Road up to Ohio Environmental Protection standards, he said.
"Ted makes my job a lot easier," Bates said last week.
Managing the water system means overseeing a series of systems that starts with the Village's four active wells that lie within a seven-acre radius of the water plant and draw from an aquifer heavy with iron, manganese and hydrogen sulfide. According to Dunevant, those elements must be removed by aeration in the first step of purification, followed by sand filtration.
Next, antimicrobial chlorine and cavity-fighting fluoride are added to the water before it is funneled to the 100,000-gallon reserve tank at the water plant and then pumped up to the Gaunt Park water towers, each of which holds 1 million gallons of drinking water. The additive levels must be carefully maintained, including fluoride, which Dunevant is very skilled at keeping between the properly regulated .8 and 1.3 milligrams per liter.
Dunevant feels responsible for the Village's water quality because for more than half of the life of the current plant, he has been at the belly of the operation. The clutter- and dust-free facility reflects the regulated methods he uses to do the job right.
"Consistency and cleanliness is what it takes — you gotta be here doing the same things at the same time every day, and you gotta be organized about everything and keep it clean," he said. "I'm the big old bear hibernating down here and keeping things running."
The plant is clean, but it's also old. The Village used to get its water from Ellis pond, and then from the Funderburg farm south of the Riding Centre. Since it was relocated to Jacoby Road in 1962, the plant has not had a major overhaul, and the rust that has thoroughly penetrated the bolts on the main pump house pipe is evidence that a renovation will be needed within the next five to 10 years, Dunevant said.
Renovating the water plant will be an expensive endeavor, and Dunevant strongly recommends that the village consider tapping into Clark County's water system. That system has the capacity to double its current load, and the supply is one of the municipal supplies closest to the village, he said. In addition, according to Dunevant, Springfield city water was recognized recently in an annual taste test performed by the National Rural Water Association.
While many people now drink bottled water, the village still uses an average of 400,000 gallons of fresh water each day, Dunevant said. The biggest users are YSI, Friends Care Community, the village schools and Antioch College, "when it's open," he said. And the reliance on Village water is never as clear as when the Village flushes its 230 hydrants each spring and fall, sending brown particulates into the water supply for the week. Villagers are advised, as always, to complete their laundry before the flush, which occurs next the week of Oct. 18–22.
Aside from brown water weeks, Village water is a very reliable system, which Dunevant has worked hard to maintain. He worked to get the communication system between the water towers and the plant off the power grid to direct current radio so that power outages wouldn't interrupt the water supply. And the plant is now the recipient of a backup power generator, which was donated by Vernay Laboratories and is currently being installed.
He credits Bates for supporting his recommendations and allowing things to get done, such as the recent cleaning of the reserve tank by a professional diving team, which brought up three feet and over 45 years of sediment. The job can be repetitive, but Dunevant likes to be left to do the work he knows how to do, fluoridation included.
"I'm proud I've been here half of the time they've been doing this [fluoridation]," he said.
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Farina selected to lead New York City public schools, sources say
Carmen Farina, a former teacher and principal and a longtime advocate of early childhood education, was to be tapped Monday by New York City's incoming mayor to lead the nation's largest public school system, two people briefed on the decision said.
Farina, a former deputy chancellor of city schools, has been a longtime adviser to Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and helped inform his education platform, including his signature proposal to offer universal pre-kindergarten and expanded after-school programs for middle school students.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly until the mayor-elect announced his choice. He scheduled a news conference for late Monday morning.
De Blasio will take office Jan. 1, becoming the first mayor in recent memory to preside over the five boroughs while having a child in public schools; his son attends a Brooklyn high school.
Farina will take over the school system, which educates more than 1.1 million students, at a crucial juncture.
Outgoing Republican-turned-independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg was elected on a campaign promise of being "an education mayor" and dramatically increased government spending on education. But de Blasio, a Democrat, campaigned against many of the policies that Bloomberg championed during his 12 years in office, such as closing schools that are deemed to be failing and boosting the growth of charter schools by giving them free space in public school buildings. De Blasio also has criticized the outgoing administration for being over-reliant on standardized testing.
The transition to a new administration is the first since Bloomberg won mayoral control of the schools in 2002, and it is unclear what changes de Blasio and Farina might immediately make in the middle of a school year.
Farina, 70, has held several posts within the city school system. She was once a teacher at Public School 29 in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn and later a principal at P.S. 6, a high-achieving school on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
It was there that she first met de Blasio. They began working together in 2001 after Farina moved to Brooklyn's District 15 school board, of which de Blasio was a member. De Blasio, who lives in the Park Slope neighborhood, sent both of his children to a school within Farina's district.
She de-emphasized using standardized testing as a major factor in measuring performance, a stance that clashed with the Department of Education's central office. De Blasio has long railed against strictly "teaching to the test."
Farina also created several new, small middle schools within District 15, a tactic de Blasio has praised. The district soon became regarded as one of the most innovative and in the city.
She became deputy chancellor under Joel Klein, Bloomberg's first chancellor. She retired in 2006 but supplied informal guidance to de Blasio's mayoral campaign.
The New York Times first reported the planned appointment.
Other candidates considered by de Blasio included Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Kaya Henderson; Chicago schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett; Montgomery County, Md., Superintendent Joshua Starr; and Linda Darling-Hammond; a professor at Stanford University.
De Blasio wants to fund his universal pre-kindergarten program by raising taxes on wealthy New Yorkers, a plan that would need approval in Albany. The state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been noncommittal.
Bloomberg has said his policies are working and should not be abandoned, announcing this month that the four-year graduation rate for the class of 2013 was a record 66 percent, up from 46.5 percent in 2005. "What is clear is that for the 12 years we've been doing this, the results are — by any national standards — outstanding," Bloomberg said.
Farina replaces Dennis Walcott, Bloomberg's third chancellor.
Walcott, a former deputy mayor under Bloomberg and a former CEO of the New York Urban League, has held the job since April 2011.
Klein, the first schools chancellor of Bloomberg's administration, was a hard-charging lawyer who served as the U.S. Department of Justice's lead prosecutor in an antitrust case against Microsoft. Klein left at the end of 2010 to take a position at News Corp., where he leads the company's educational division, Amplify.
He was replaced by Cathie Black, a magazine executive who lasted just three months in the position.


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One of my weaknesses is the Wendy's Baconator Sandwich. Still, at more carbs than I care to admit to, the bun is an ultimate evil; and, unfortunately, I just don't like my Wendy's burger without a bun.
Thanks to a mistake I made when making the Dr Atkins Revolution Rolls, I don't have to deal with this bunless ordeal any longer.
Not only do my version of the Atkins Revolution rolls hold up to a burger as hefty as a Wendy's Baconator, but it doesn't fall apart, is surprisingly sturdy, but isn't eggy in flavor. It was as though I still had my bun. My fingers never became greasy, and the bread didn't crumble in my hands.
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Life shouldn't be about total deprivation; but if you're going to low-carb it, make some of my Gluten-Free Oopsie Rolls in advance and have them ready to go when the mood strikes you.
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Oopsie Rolls (Gluten-Free Buns)
3 large eggs
pinch of cream of tartar (1/8 tsp)
3 ounces cream cheese (Do not soften)
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Separate the eggs and add cream cheese to the yolks. Use a mixer to combine the ingredients together. In a separate bowl, whip egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff (if you're using the same mixer, mix the whites first and then the yolk mixture). Using a spatula, gradually fold the egg yolk mixture into the white mixture, being careful not to break down the whites. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray and spoon the mixture onto the sheet, making 6 mounds. Flatten each mound slightly.
Bake about 30 minutes (You want them slightly softer, not crumbly). Let cool on the sheet for a few minutes, and then remove to a rack and allow them to cool. Store in a loosely open sack and allow to rest on the counter before use (otherwise they might be too moist). Can be frozen.
Notes: If you are making these to be savory (for burgers) you can add dry mustard and dill or other seasonings to the yolk mixture. If you want a more sweet roll, add a very small amount of stevia natural sweetener to the yolk mixture.
Makes 6 Induction Friendly, Gluten-Free rolls.
Nutritional information per roll: Calories:85 , Carbohydrates: .6 g, Fiber: 0g, Net Carbohydrates: .6g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 7.5
Picture: No more lettuce wraps. Wendy's Baconator on an oopsie roll.


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First Windows 7 beta puts fresh face on Vista
More polish so you don't spit
Review Microsoft has officially released the first Windows 7 beta. While it's been one of the web's worst kept secrets, Microsoft was still keeping quiet about the details and timing of the final release at the time of writing.
Everyone expects release later this year. A leaked briefing paper for OEM vendors suggests that the date when buyers of Windows Vista machines qualify for a free upgrade begins "for planning purposes" on July 1, 2009.
Vista's free upgrade period began in October 2006, and the operating system was completed in November, so we can speculate that Windows 7 may be done in August or thereabouts, though PCs for sale will not include it until a few months later.
Such assumptions are strengthened by the high quality of the beta that Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer announced Wednesday evening at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Fully operational
Build 7000, which has been widely leaked online, seems fully usable and feels faster than Windows Vista on the same hardware. I installed it on a virtual machine and on two laptops, a two-year old Toshiba Portege and a more recent Dell XPS M1330 loaned by Microsoft for the purpose, and had few issues.
In truth it is not greatly changed from the build shown at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) late last year, though more user interface features that were unavailable to us at the time have now been enabled. Drivers designed for Windows Vista seem to work fine, though this may not be true in every case, confirming Microsoft's statement that the core architecture is the same.
This raises the question that I put to John Curran, head of the Windows client group in the UK, during a Windows 7 briefing. Since under the covers it is so similar to Windows Vista, how does Microsoft justify calling it a full new version? Curran responded by mentioning new features: Digital Living Room Network Alliance (DLNA) compliance in Windows Media Player (WMP) for easier media sharing, Bitlocker to Go for encrypting USB storage devices, Direct Access for network access without VPN, and new support for sensors and devices that will enable location-aware laptops.
Thumbnail previews simplify navigation in the new taskbar
Fair enough I suppose, though distinguishing between applications and the core operating system is a matter of debate. That said, Curran did not nail the two things that matter most in Windows 7. The first is the changes to the shell, by which I mean the taskbar, desktop and Explorer. The second is less tangible, but it is the countless minor changes Microsoft says it has made to make Windows faster, smoother and less annoying.
Let's start with the taskbar. In Windows 7, this is a combined tool for both launching and switching applications, and the Quick Launch toolbar has been retired. The Start menu still exists, but if you pin an application to the taskbar it appears there whether or not it is running. It makes sense, because from the user's perspective launching or switching to an application is not much different, though the two states look confusingly similar in the beta.


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a workshop by Ulla Rauter
Pure data is an open source environment for real-time- and interactive sound works. I mainly use it to build electronic instruments for music performances and to control interactive installations.
After a small introduction to the basic tools of pd, we will build some simple digital synthesizers. We can also work out your own project ideas!


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It apparently began in 1959 when American writer and broadcaster Frank Edwards wrote the following in his book Stranger than Science :
(Edwards, Frank. Stranger than Science. New York: Lyle Stuart, 1959).
Possibly inspired by Frank Edwards' claim, Alberto Fenoglio wrote in 1966 in the Italian ufological periodical Clypeus :
(Fenoglio, Alberto. "Cronistoria su oggetti volanti del passato - Appunti per una clipeostoria", Clypeus no. 9 (1st semester 1966), p. 7, translated from the Italian and cited by Drake, W.R. Gods and Spacemen in Ancient Greece and Rome. London, 1976, pp. 115-116)
Fenoglio's riddle being, in my opinion, the easiest to solve, I will begin by him. He says that five "flying shields" flew in triangular formation and that, after some time hovering over the walls, a lightning-flash came from the largest of these shields and struck the walls of Tyre. Unfortunately, there is no mention whatsoever of such an event outside of ufological literature. I won't even comment the laughable statement by Fenoglio who dares to say that Johann Gustav Droysen did not mention it on purpose.
(Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni, lib. IV, cap. V)
Immediately after that the sky grew very black and dark, and from the dark sky there came burning fire. The fire fell to the earth like a burning torch, and the whole plain was burning from the fire's flame. Then men said that they thought it was the anger of the gods which had fallen upon us. Then I ordered old clothing to be torn up and used as a protection against the fire. After that we had a quiet and peaceful night, once our difficulties assuaged.
(Orchard, Andy. Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf Manuscript, Cambridge, 1995, p. 245)
One might find it amusing however that, in a limited sense, the aforementioned ufo writers have somewhat become the spiritual continuators of the tradition of the Alexander Romance into our century, still adding marvelous events to it, as had done before them their medieval predecessors...


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Published by EducationNews.org — My deepest sympathies go to the whole Newtown community.
The staff at Sandy Hooks Elementary School had taken every reasonable precaution to protect the safety of their kids.
Still, a madman went on a murderous frenzy. The details are now only too familiar, with the media on its own rampage, striking terror in the public's hearts with excruciating images of 20 darling kids' faces. Six teachers and caretakers also died.
I can only remotely imagine how it would feel to have one of my own boys brutally, senselessly murdered. I would be raging, even verging on madness myself. My deepest sympathies go to the whole Newtown community.
We need to bear in mind that no reasonable precaution will stop an insane person armed to the teeth. Taking action on the impulse that cries "There outta be a law" will only pile on more bureaucracy. Litigious, fearful America is already suffocating under mountains of rules, regulations, laws, policies, and mind-numbing protocols. They don't work. Life can not be guaranteed. People die anyway.
Children die. Despite our best efforts to be fabulous parents and caretakers, children get cancer, have accidents, and commit suicide.
Statistically, the biggest threat to kids is putting them in cars.
Statistically, schools are still remarkably safe.
Mind you, I do not understand why military-grade assault weaponry should be anywhere but with the military.
And we certainly could do better with our mental health system, always a step-child of our health system.
But if fully 21 percent of our teenagers have a "severe" mental disorder, the problem can't lie with biology, but with how our communities and families are affecting kids' biology. We are not organized so kids can roam safely with pals, out in nature, or in fun neighborhoods where they learn about natural consequences. Super-protective parenting doesn't produce the resilient, confident, life-loving kids we want. Their mere survival is not enough. We are scaring them unreasonably.
Most parents I know feel it's too dangerous to let their kids walk to school, even in ritzy neighborhoods, even when kids are overweight, even though "stranger danger" is statistically negligible.
Fear of liability and injury has made playgrounds so boring, children resort to misusing the equipment to milk a little fun out of it, and end up in the ER with injuries anyway.
Many college freshmen go bonkers breaking out of their over-parented bubble, abusing substances and bombing out academically. They know nothing of managing risk.
Our fears are making terrible decisions about how we organize kids' lives.
So here's how to protect the kids as well as possible: Build your community.
Turn off that damn TV. Give fear-mongering a break. Invite the neighbors in to play board games, read out loud, cook together, or just talk. Get to know them. Get to know your kids better. Corral them into supporting a community project. Join a church, non-profit board, volunteer association. Sit on your front porch when children could or should be walking to school to reassure their parents of safe passage. Get out of your electronic cocoon. Invest in face time with other human beings.
And of course, take all reasonable precautions.
But even as we mourn with Sandy Hook's families, resist succumbing to fear. The kids want us to stick with our ideals of the land of the free and the brave. We need not dwell obsessively on the remote possibility of armed madmen.
Even though such insanity is all too heart-breakingly real to us today.
Julia Steiny is a freelance columnist whose work also regularly appears at GoLocalProv.com and GoLocalWorcester.com. She is the founding director of the Youth Restoration Project, a restorative-practices initiative, currently building a demonstration project in Central Falls, Rhode Island. She consults for schools and government initiatives, including regular work for The Providence Plan for whom she analyzes data. For more detail, see juliasteiny.com or contact her at [email protected] or c/o GoLocalProv, 44 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903.


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CDC Clinical Reminder: Use of Fingerstick Devices on More than One Person Poses Risk for Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has become increasingly concerned about the risks for transmitting hepatitis B virus (HBV) and other bloodborne pathogens to persons undergoing fingerstick procedures for blood sampling — for instance, persons with diabetes who require assistance monitoring their blood glucose levels. Reports of HBV infection outbreaks linked to diabetes care have been increasing [1, 2, 3]. This notice serves as a reminder that fingerstick devices should never be used for more than one person.
Fingerstick devices are devices that are used to prick the skin and obtain drops of blood for testing. There are two main types of fingerstick devices: those that are designed for reuse on a single person and those that are disposable and for single-use.
- Reusable Devices: These devices often resemble a pen and have the means to remove and replace the lancet after each use, allowing the device to be used more than once (see Figure 1). Due to difficulties with cleaning and disinfection after use and their link to numerous outbreaks, CDC recommends that these devices never be used for more than one person. If these devices are used, it should only be by individual persons using these devices for self-monitoring of blood glucose.
- Single-use, auto-disabling fingerstick devices: These are devices that are disposable and prevent reuse through an auto-disabling feature (see Figure 2). In settings where assisted monitoring of blood glucose is performed, single-use, auto-disabling fingerstick devices should be used.
The shared use of fingerstick devices is one of the common root causes of exposure and infection in settings such as long-term care (LTC) facilities, where multiple persons require assistance with blood glucose monitoring. Risk for transmission of bloodborne pathogens is not limited to LTC settings but can exist anywhere multiple persons are undergoing fingerstick procedures for blood sampling. For example, at a health fair in New Mexico earlier this year, dozens of attendees were potentially exposed to bloodborne pathogens when fingerstick devices were reused to conduct diabetes screening.
Figure 1: Reusable fingerstick device*
Anyone performing fingerstick procedures should review the following recommendations to ensure that they are not placing persons in their care at risk for infection.
- Fingerstick devices should never be used for more than one person.
- Auto-disabling single-use fingerstick devices should be used for assisted monitoring of blood glucose.
These recommendations apply not only to licensed healthcare facilities but also to any setting where fingerstick procedures are performed, including assisted living or residential care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, clinics, health fairs, shelters, detention facilities, senior centers, schools, and camps. Protection from infections, including bloodborne pathogens, is a basic requirement and expectation anywhere healthcare is provided.
Figure 2: Single-use, disposable fingerstick devices*
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Transmission of hepatitis B virus among persons undergoing blood glucose monitoring in long-term-care facilities – Mississippi, North Carolina, and Los Angeles County, California, 2003-2004. MMWR 2005;54:220-223.
- Patel AS, White-Comstock MB, Woolard D, Perz JF. Infection Control Practices in Assisted Living Facilities: A Response to Hepatitis B Virus Infection Outbreaks. ICHE 2009;30(3):209-214.
- Thompson ND, Perz JF. Eliminating the Blood: Ongoing Outbreaks of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and the Need for Innovative Glucose Monitoring Technologies. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2009;3(2):283-288.
* Disclaimer: Images provided on this page are examples only and do not represent an endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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Leaked MS ad video parodies Chrome as surveillance tech
Kettle, Kettle, come in, over. Kettle, kettle, do you copy, this is Pot, over
A leaked Microsoft ad, meant only for internal consumption, parodies a Google campaign as it portrays Google Chrome as a data-snaffling privacy-stealing parasite.
Chrome is depicted as a surveillance technology to make money from private information for the benefit of Google. Redmond's slick propaganda video is a dig at Google's Chrome Everywhere campaign.
The video sits alongside Microsoft's overt "Scroogled" campaign, which recently hatched a merchandising arm intended to further blacken the reputation of Redmond's arch-rival Google. Microsoft has a legitimate point against the colossal advertising platform, but in many people's view Redmond will struggle to claim the moral high ground against Google over user privacy - especially given that (like all the major tech firms) it cooperated with the NSA's dragnet mass surveillance programs, and most particularly over allegations that MS made Skype calls easier to tap.
It could well be argued that Microsoft had no option but to take part in PRISM and other related spy programs; but its previous practices - such as code on its MSN website that secretly logged visitors' browsing histories across multiple web properties, even when the users deleted browser cookies to elude tracking - are less easy to defend on the grounds of necessity. ®


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Elle Decoration South Africa | Photo: Yann Deret |
We've seen a few versions of jelly and cake mould lights before, but I think what I like about these is that they are all tin. Most I've seen in the past have been from the coloured plastic type. Together this set makes a whimsical grouping. From Elle Decoration South Africa | Photo: Yann Deret | Compiled by Mandy Allen. (How to: They suggest getting your local electrician to assist you with adapting the moulld into a light. Here is a link to how to cut with tin snips if you need to - some of the moulds have openings on the bottom already; also here is a link to making a pendant light for more reference).


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Thursday, December 25, 2014
The Indie Author's Review Dilemma
Part of the Indie Author Series
Every author will, at some point, find themselves in a position of having to review or blurb another author's work. Even trad pubbed authors with a hard no-review, no-blurb policy occasionally, sometimes at the insistence of their publisher, find themselves forced to pass an opinion in public on another author's novel. For authors in the self- and indie-pub community, where online reviews are often the only kind they get, the pressure to blurb, endorse, review, or otherwise pass judgment comes even more frequently.
A couple of years ago during the Amazon sock-puppet review flap, there was a flurry of panic when it seemed Amazon was going to apply a policy of disallowing and deleting all author reviews, presumably on the assumption that authors were five-starring one another's books like crazy. Although I'm sure there've been, and probably still are instances of this, I doubt it's common; it's also a really good way to torpedo your own credibility and, ultimately, your career.
I do know some authors who hold fast to a no-review policy. But authors are readers too, and provided that one remains absolutely honest when reviewing another author's work, I see no reason to take such a hard line.
My own approach is to take requests on a case-by-case basis, and with the clear understanding that I'll only review a book that I finish; that I won't finish it if it really doesn't grab me; and that any review will be absolutely honest. Since I'm a pretty demanding reader with a high bar for quality, it's very unlikely I'll finish a book that isn't at least decent. I'll give a book 20 or at most 30 pages, and if I'm not hooked by then, I'm done with it—life's too short, and my reading time is too precious. So in practice it's unlikely I'll give anything less than three stars, simply because nothing will make me read a bad book: the problem takes care of itself. And I'll never agree to swap reviews, or endorse a book I think is flawed.
That said, I've read some books by friends or peers that have interested me enough to finish, and yet have such glaring faults in one area that it's impossible to give an honest review without addressing that. An example of this would be a novel with terrific conceptual ideas or worldbuilding, but where the character work is wanting; or perhaps tremendous character work and a galloping plot whose climax, unfortunately, turns out to hinge on something so improbable as to be beyond credibility. Faced with such a situation, how can you write a review without on the one hand giving offense, and on the other compromising your integrity?
As in critique, I think it's perfectly possible and acceptable to address a work's faults without being nasty about it. The first thing to do is check your ego. Even though any review is subjective, we can be objective in our phrasing, praising the work's strengths while addressing its weaknesses, and reflecting this in the rating. A five-star review, in my estimation, should be a very rare thing, only applied when a book is firing on all cylinders. In either of the examples above, my review is likely to be a three-star, and I'd be reluctant to blurb it.
Again, I want to make it clear that if the flaws are so egregious as to wreck the book for me, I'm not going to finish it, and so the question of review or endorsement is moot. If the author of such a book asks me what I thought of it, I'll give them an honest critique, as tactfully as I can. If they don't ask, I'm not going to ruin their day: that does nobody any good. By the same token, I expect no favors from anyone else. I may ask someone if they'd consider blurbing or reviewing my own work, but I'd never, ever ask or expect them to lower their standards or upgrade their comments, no matter how close we may be.
In conclusion, then, I think it's worth thinking hard about one's policy on review/endorsement requests and sticking with it, no matter whom the request comes from. I recently had someone "like" my Amazon author page without my ever asking it or even knowing they'd done it until I got a message that they'd done so, and a request to return the favor! This sort of thing doesn't even merit a reply in my opinion, much less reciprocation. Having a thought-out, even publicly stated policy, will keep you from getting into hot water down the road.
Have you ever been asked to review something, maybe by a good friend, and found yourself in a tough spot as a result? How did you handle it?
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Dario Ciriello is the founder and editor of Panverse Publishing, a small press with a mission to break the rigid barriers of category and genre and put story first. His Panverse Anthology authors have been nominated for both Hugo and Nebula awards, and the winner of the 2011 Sideways Award for Alternate History. On the novel front, his authors include T.L. Morganfield, Bonnie Randall, Doug Sharp, and Don D'Ammassa. His own work includes Sutherland's Rules, and the travel memoir Aegean Dream.
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I'm the type of person who, if asked, "Does this dress make me look fat?" will answer honestly. Some people think me rude for it. People who end up my friends appreciate that, if they ask my opinion on something, they'll get it. (And they intentionally ask my opinion, even on things that they know will result in 5-minute monologues, and discuss my answers, so I must be interesting.)
I carry that into my reviews, as well. I do my best to be gracious and rate something based on what it is, rather than on what I was wishing it was. For instance, if something has unclear character motivations in a genre where that's actually the standard (like hard sci-fi or Christian fiction), I'll be more gracious than I will be in a genre that's more character-based (like romance or soft sci-fi).
I leave reviews knowing I could get accused of having an agenda or get review-bombed on my own work by someone who doesn't get the entire "reader hat" vs. "author hat" thing. Since it's so stressful to review, I still don't do so often.
When a review is negative, I do pinpoint specifics, like a translated phrases book where the Spanish was outright wrong, which made me doubt the accuracy of the languages I didn't know. Or a novel where the character decision fit the character but made me want to slap her silly because she was being an idiot. ("Oh, no! The guy who's said all along that he's going to manipulate me into doing X actually did so! How could he! I'm going to run back to the guy who claims he'd never manipulate me but constantly does so." *headdesk*)
Even in positive reviews, I try to consider items some people won't like, to include warning. *shrug* That's who reviews are for—other readers—so I figure they're well worth leaving.Replies- Anonymous12/28/2014 8:25 PM
Carradee, thanks for your thoughtful comments. Review-bombing of one's own work, which others below have mentioned, is another pitfall; it's also one I honestly hadn't considered, because I'm always astonished that people are so damn petty and spiteful. Your point about reviewing a book *based on what it is* is also well-taken.
- Anonymous12/25/2014 7:10 PM
I find it hard to review books now that I write them, too. Reviews can feel like make-or-break things. I've found myself a member of a book club that REQUIRES members to review books of other members. This really makes one stop and think before leaving a review because of the fear of "retaliation" reviews.
ReplyDelete I'm a reader as well as a writer and I like to see reviews when I'm book-shopping. As a writer, I know how important they are, especially to new authors. I think I have as much right to review books as anyone else. I don't want to get into quid pro quo situations, however, or offend a friend by not reviewing their book. (Like you, Dario, I won't review it if I didn't really like it.) So I do my reviews under a pseudonym.
And as a writer, I'm happy to get 3-star reviews. I don't expect everyone to love my every golden word and there is always, always, more to learn about this deep craft.
Thanks for a thoughtful article!Replies- Anonymous12/28/2014 8:35 PM
Anna, you're welcome! Using a pseudonym is one way to go--and you certainly do have every right to review! LOL I prefer to keep everything under my own name, but then again I rarely do reviews anyway, simply because of the time required. Also, I agree there's no nothing bad about a 3-star review: it's real*. I think people are rightly suspicious of all 5-star reviews these days...any book with more than a half-dozen readers is going to get at least some 4-stars, which is still a great review.
I will attempt to review most books when I'm asked, but if I'm swamped, I prefer to remain in my genre - mystery. I won't review genres that are outside my realm like poetry or children's.
You asked, however, about a sticky situation involving a review, and yes, I was asked to review someone's books after she had reviewed one of mine. I'd seen her do great promo efforts and thought her books would be of the same quality as the marketing. They were not even mediocre. She had not studied the craft, and it was obvious that her day-job in sales had schooled her on promo. I just was not willing to put my name on a review for her - at least a good review.
I do not give bad reviews if I can help it. I might do so when I read a nationally known author and I felt their quality was slipping, but otherwise, I just don't do the review. In this case, she asked me when I'd get the review done. I had to let her know that I was uncomfortable with a positive review, and that no review was better than an iffy one.
Sigh...she unfriended me on Facebook and I never heard from her again. So sad. We all have to expect our books to receive some bad reviews. There isn't a book out there that will not earn a one or two-star review. We do not read alike or enjoy the same material.
But another side of giving a good review on a mediocre book is that it reflects on you as an author. So I stick to good reviews for good books. No reviews for the others.Replies- Anonymous12/28/2014 8:40 PM
Hope, I agree with all that--and you did the right thing in the instance you cited, IMO. But, honestly, when I hear stories like this, about people being so petty and behaving so childishly... ugh. This is the action of a shallow, insecure person.
If only the ability to self-promote went hand-in-hand with artistic talent, the world would be a much better place!
Excellent post, Dario! You covered every important aspect of reviewing and I felt some relief at realizing my own policies were not ridiculous. As an author AND a writing consultant, I simply cannot endorse mediocre work, no matter who the author might be. I've had to gently let down some close acquaintances with the news that their book "wasn't ready to review." I, too, don't spend time on a book that doesn't grab me by the throat quickly. Too many books, too little time!
ReplyDeleteReplies- Anonymous1/04/2015 5:31 PM
Toni, thanks so much for commenting, and again, apologies for the late reply (holiday downtime).
I'm also pleased to know I'm not the only one who feels the need to have a policy, and yet understands the need to remain open to reviewing friends and newer writers without slamming poor work by authors who simply aren't ready for prime time yet. Like any ethical minefield (and there seem to be so many these days), I think the only way to not get oneself into trouble is to really think things through beforehand. Where writer friendships are concerned, great tact and honesty are needed, and there will always be some people who just don't understand...but at least we can minimize these occurrences with foresight.
I think the phrasing "not ready to review" is just excellent. Too little time indeed!
Best, and Happy New Year!


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07: Basic Web Handling With Views¶
Organize a views module with decorators and multiple views.
For the examples so far, the hello_world
function is a "view". In Pyramid,
views are the primary way to accept web requests and return responses.
So far our examples place everything in one file:
- The view function
- Its registration with the configurator
- The route to map it to a URL
- The WSGI application launcher
Let's move the views out to their own views.py
module and change our
startup code to scan that module, looking for decorators that set up the views.
Let's also add a second view and update our tests.
- Move views into a module that is scanned by the configurator.
- Create decorators that do declarative configuration.
Let's begin by using the previous package as a starting point for a new distribution, then making it active:
$ cd ..; cp -r functional_testing views; cd views $ $VENV/bin/pip install -e .
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from pyramid.config import Configurator def main(global_config, **settings): config = Configurator(settings=settings) config.add_route('home', '/') config.add_route('hello', '/howdy') config.scan('.views') return config.make_wsgi_app()
Let's add a module
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from pyramid.response import Response from pyramid.view import view_config # First view, available at http://localhost:6543/ @view_config(route_name='home') def home(request): return Response('Visit hello') # /howdy @view_config(route_name='hello') def hello(request): return Response('Go back home')
Update the tests to cover the two new views:
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import unittest from pyramid import testing class TutorialViewTests(unittest.TestCase): def setUp(self): self.config = testing.setUp() def tearDown(self): testing.tearDown() def test_home(self): from .views import home request = testing.DummyRequest() response = home(request) self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200) self.assertIn(b'Visit', response.body) def test_hello(self): from .views import hello request = testing.DummyRequest() response = hello(request) self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200) self.assertIn(b'Go back', response.body) class TutorialFunctionalTests(unittest.TestCase): def setUp(self): from tutorial import main app = main({}) from webtest import TestApp self.testapp = TestApp(app) def test_home(self): res = self.testapp.get('/', status=200) self.assertIn(b'Visit', res.body) def test_hello(self): res = self.testapp.get('/howdy', status=200) self.assertIn(b'Go back', res.body)
Now run the tests:
$ $VENV/bin/py.test tutorial/tests.py -q .... 4 passed in 0.28 seconds
Run your Pyramid application with:
$ $VENV/bin/pserve development.ini --reload
Open http://localhost:6543/ and http://localhost:6543/howdy in your browser.
We added some more URLs, but we also removed the view code from the application
startup code in tutorial/__init__.py
. Our views, and their view
registrations (via decorators) are now in a module views.py
, which is
scanned via config.scan('.views')
We have two views, each leading to the other. If you start at
http://localhost:6543/, you get a response with a link to the next view. The
view (available at the URL /howdy
) has a link back to the first
This step also shows that the name appearing in the URL, the name of the "route" that maps a URL to a view, and the name of the view, can all be different. More on routes later.
Earlier we saw config.add_view
as one way to configure a view. This section
introduces @view_config
. Pyramid's configuration supports imperative
configuration, such as the config.add_view
in the previous example. You
can also use declarative configuration, in which a Python
decorator is placed on the line above the view. Both approaches
result in the same final configuration, thus usually, it is simply a matter of
Extra credit¶
- What does the dot in
signify? - Why might
be a better choice in testing the text in responses thanassertEqual
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Jackson Pollock's Mural
March 11–June 1, 2014 at the Getty Center
March 11–June 1, 2014 at the Getty Center
Commissioned by art collector and dealer Peggy Guggenheim for the entry to her New York City apartment in 1943, Mural by Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956) is considered one of the iconic paintings of the twentieth century. Now in the collection of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, it represents a transitional moment in Pollock's career, as he moved toward an experimental application of paint. Following extensive study and treatment at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute, this exhibition presents the newly conserved work alongside findings from the Getty's research.
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Listen to Getty Museum curator emeritus Scott Schaefer describe the figures he sees in Pollock's work.
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Hear Jackson Pollock discuss his philosophy and technique in excerpts from a 1950 interview.
Mural came to the Getty in July 2012 for study and conservation, providing a rare opportunity to look closely at the painting's material structure, and to explore the paints Pollock used and how they were applied. The study reveals an artist who combined traditional materials and methods of application with more-unconventional ones. It is one of the artist's largest paintings, and the scale of Mural allowed Pollock to develop innovative methods of paint application that would later become the hallmark of his style.
Watch these videos to learn more about the discoveries made by conservation scientists and curators.
Jackson Pollock's Mural: The Transitional Moment
Yvonne Szafran, Laura Rivers, Alan Phenix, Tom Learner, Ellen G. Landau, and Steve Martin
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UPDATE: Thanks to our buddy Linda, we've learned that vouchers are still handed out at Candy Palace. You will receive a wrist band and a reminder paper about what time to pick up your Candy Cane.UPDATE #2: More thanks to DFB friend, Corinne for the following info: I was lucky enough to get a candy cane on my first try!
We took advantage of the Magic Morning early entry: we were at security by 7:15, at the turnstiles by 7:30, and then the mad dash to the Candy Palace. Here's our experience: Many people had no idea why there was a line at the candy palace! When the park opened at 8, I sent my husband ahead to get a place in line–that was a minor mistake…all of your party must be there to get in line, they will not allow people to join others already in line, so stay together. We received a wrist band a few minutes after 8, it had the date and "batch" time on it so we could return anytime after 9:30 am up until 4 pm. We went about our day at Disney, and returned in the afternoon to watch them make the candy. When we went in to purchase them, a cast member cut off the wrist band and kept it in a plastic bag so there was no potential to pass them around, I suppose. I did talk her into cutting just the date and time from my wrist band so I could put it in the scrapbook! We immediately took the candy canes back to our resort to avoid breakage. Thanks to your blog I was able to do my homework and increase my chances to get a candy cane!
For the past week I've been calling Disneyland EVERY SINGLE DAY to try and get the scoop on this year's candy cane making schedule. I even visited twice to ask in person to no avail.
I am excited to announce that I finally made some progress and that we are the FIRST to deliver the schedule and "rules" to you, our awesome DFB readers!
For those of you who don't know about Disneyland's hand made candy cane tradition, you can read all about the famous Disneyland Candy Canes here.
This year things are a bit different:
Disneyland Candy Cane Tickets/Vouchers
Tickets/Vouchers will be handed out at the entrance turnstiles at park opening; you no longer have to make the dash to the Candy Palace to get your ticket. This INCLUDES magic mornings, so if you are staying at the hotel and want candy canes on one of the scheduled dates listed below, you will have access to a voucher one hour before the general public.
Once given a voucher, you will be entitled to purchase ONE candy cane at The Candy Palace on Main Street in Disneyland (last year it was two per person and they were $9.95 each). The Cast Member I spoke with did not have any pricing information for this year.
Although technically you aren't supposed to line up early, people do, seriously early… You will have to wait at the security entrance prior to letting you near the main entrance gates. As soon as you get through security, run like the wind!
Disneyland Candy Cane Dates
Candy Cane making dates are currently scheduled for:
Wednesday, November 30th (9:00 park opening)
Friday, December 2nd (8:00am park opening)
Tuesday, December 6th (9:00am park opening, BUT Magic Morning hours at 8:00am)
Friday, December 9th (8:00am park opening)
Monday, December 12th (8:00am park opening)
Friday, December 16th (8:00am park opening) &
Wednesday, December 21st (8:00am park opening)
PLEASE NOTE that these dates are subject to change, additional dates may be added as well. I heard a rumor from a Marceline's cast member that candy canes were also being made on Friday, November 25th (8:00am park opening), the day after Thanksgiving…
Here's a little more info about this great tradition!
Are you planning on doing the "Great Candy Cane Race" this year?
Heather Sievers is the Disney Food Blog's Dining in Disneyland columnist. See more of her columns here!


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Deep Dish Snickerdoodle a la Mode – Episode 2 of the Pizookie Files
In Episode 1, we introduced the dangerous pleasures of the pizookie, a deep-dish-baked cookie topped with ice cream. The comments were filled with sweet tooth adoration, a handful of guilty trembling, and a few expletives in excitement. We had mentioned the unlimited possibilities of pizookies, and since the response was so ecstatic over the first pizookies post, we thought it would be fun to have a series, The Pizookie Files, dedicated solely to the brilliance of pizookies. It shall appear from time to time, here at WORC, and we hope you all enjoy this as much as we do.
The Pizookie Files: Episode 2. Snickerdoodles.
The inspiration for this deep-dish cookie came from a comment on Episode 1, from Carla at ChocolateMoosey. "Have you tried snickerdoodle?" she innocently asked. Now, we had several cookies lined up for the Pizookie files, but suddenly they were all shoved aside. "Snickerdoodle?!!?" I perked.
A cookie I love the potential of, yet had rarely come across a super tasty variety. Even where I used to manage where our cookies were generally outstanding, I wasn't overly fond of our snickerdoodles. The challenge was made, and I was determined to find (or create as it turns out) a great snickerdoodle recipe, then craft it into a glorious pizookie. This was going to be fun.
The hardest part was finding a super tasty snickerdoodle dough recipe. As most everyone has read in the previous post, the cookie mojo was flowing and I quickly remedied that problem. Next came the pizookie part. A simple dough like the snickerdoodle requires something with a little more pizazz than a straight vanilla ice cream.
After a little perusing at our Ice Cream God's site (aka David Lebovitz) we hit the money maker, Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream. Hell yeah! The flavors of the caramel ice cream playing off of the cinnamony-sugar goodness of the snickerdoodles. Be steady my trembling heart.
Now, we realize that most of you don't have the time to make you own ice cream on a regular basis. No worries, because there is one more addition that sends this pizookie over the top. Snickerdoodle + Ice Cream + Warm Sauteed Apples. Purrrrrr.
A killer triumvirate that is very quick and easy to throw together. If one has enough foresight, it gets even easier by making big batches of sauteed apples in the fall, then canning them to use all year. For the last 5 or 6 years we have always made the time to go apple picking each fall, and one of the resulting products is jars and jars of sweet, cinnamon-sauteed apples that we can use for a base in crafting desserts or just straight up as a topping on ice cream, toast, etc…
Can you taste it? A warm cinnamon sugar cookie, soft with touches of crispness along the edges of the ramekin. Cool, creamy ice cream gently melting and spreading it's sweet liquid over the cookie. Then comes along a warm layer of softened, sweet apples that have been sauteed with a bit of butter and cinnamon. We might have to start putting up warning disclaimers.
Snickerdoodle Pizookies ready to bake!
Snickerdoodle Deep Dish Cookies a la mode (plus) Sauteed Apples
- Snickerdoodle Dough
- Cinnamon Sugar (@ 1/2c 1:3 cinnamon to sugar ratio)
- Ice Cream of your choice (Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream or a quality Vanilla Ice Cream)
- Sauteed Apples (optional) , see below
Sauteed Apple Ingredients (makes about 1 c)
- 2 Fuji or Granny Smith Apples
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Tablespoons (30g) unsalted Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar (to taste, depends on how sweet you want the apples to be)
- Cinnamon (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon Brandy (optional)
- dash of Sea Salt
Sauteed Apple Directions
- Peel, core and slice the apples thinly, toss with lemon juice, then saute in butter until soft.
- Add the brown sugar and cinnamon and continue cooking until the brown sugar is completely dissolved. Add the brandy and salt, stir, then remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF Bake
- Grab enough dough to fill your ramekins approx. 1/2" deep. Make a disc out of dough, then toss in cinnamon sugar mix. Gently press dough into ramekins.
- Bake for approx. 12-15 min., depending on the size of your ramekins and how deep you filled them. Bake until they are light golden brown.
- Remove from oven, allow to cool for @ 5 min., then top with ice cream and sauteed apples. Repeat all steps as needed. 😉


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ComicsAlliance Reviews 'D.O.A.: Dead Or Alive' (2006), Part One
Chris Sims: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to our series of in-depth reviews focusing on movies based on fighting games. This week, we're starting in on DOA: Dead Or Alive, a movie that truly has everything, if you consider "everything" to be "scantily clad women and Kevin Nash." Which I do.
Matt Wilson: This is the first time I'm going to dispute our use of the word "depth." Generally, it's accurate, but with this movie, I think it's basically impossible.


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The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra, in conjunction with Carnegie Hall, will present two concerts that include area students this weekend.
The first concert will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Kenai Central High School Auditorium. The second will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Homer Mariner Theatre.
The concerts are a result of Link Up, a 28-year program of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute, which pairs orchestras with elementary-aged students across the country "to explore orchestral repertoire through hands-on curriculum. Students participating in Link Up perform in a culminating concert where they sing and play recorders with the orchestra," according to a press release from KPO.
Nationally, the program serves approximately 185,000 students and teachers.
On the southern Kenai Peninsula, Tammy Vollom-Matturro, KPO's artistic director and conductor, is the instructor for the Link Up program residency at McNeil Canyon Elementary School. In the central peninsula, Sue Biggs, KPO conertmaster and music teacher at Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna, and Jeanne Duhan, horn player and music teacher at K-Beach Elementary School, are preparing their students in singing and playing.
Aditionally, nine members of the Homer Youth String Orchestra Club are learning to play music with the orchestra.


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Only five days after hitting the web, the Vlogumentary trailer is approaching 800,000 views. The documentary about video blogging is directed by Corey Vidal, and executive produced by Shay Carl. The two veteran vloggers released the trailer during a main stage presentation at last week's VidCon 2013 to thunderous applause and plenty of tears.
Vlogumentary, which was previously titled I'm Vlogging Here, looks to be a poignant and honest portrayal of the impact of web video. The film explores the beginnings of many of the most popular YouTube channels as well as the art of vlogging.
Prominent YouTubers such as John and Hank Green (Vlogbrothers), Grace Helbig (Daily Grace), Toby Turner (Tobuscus) and many more are featured alongside dozens of lesser-known vloggers. Vlogumentary is set to release later this year.
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Download: NVPerfKit 2.1 Installer for 32-bit Linux (2006-09-11) | NVPerfKit 2.1 Installer for 64-bit Linux (2006-09-11)NVIDIA has, more often than not, been extremely helpful when it comes to making sure it is supportive of the desktop market. Todays post just goes to reaffirm this, I think.
NVPerfKit is a comprehensive suite of performance tools to help debug and profile OpenGL and Direct3D applications. It gives you access to low-level performance counters inside the driver and hardware counters inside the GPU itself. The counters can be used to determine exactly how your application is using the GPU, identify performance issues, and confirm that performance problems have been resolved.
NVPerfKit 2.1 now includes support for 64-bit Windows platforms, as well as 32-bit and 64-bit Linux platforms. Other improvements include an updated installer, Release 90 driver support, enhancements to NVPerfHUD, and more.
The performance counters are available directly in your OpenGL and DirectX applications and in tools such as Intel VTune and Graphic Remedyâs gDEBugger via the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Performance Data Helper (PDH) interface. A plug-in supporting Microsoft PIX for Windows is also provided, giving you low-latency access to NVPerfKit performance counters directly from the driver [Source: LinuxLookup]